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and barack obama then the united states senator didn't even signal he was going to run for the office until late 2006. george w. bush had all of the 2005, and all of 2006 to be able to govern. everyone was so focused on midterm elections. now you flash forward to this time around and pretty much just a few months after president obama's inaugural after his state of the union address, the conversation slowly but surely starts turning to 2016 and shows you how fast the news cycles move and people's attention span is probably less than it was five or six years ago. but that is the situation we're in. >> it also i think has to do with one of the names on the horizon, hillary clinton, you have this enthusiasm of regarding her future and i think if you had perhaps lesser known or lesser talked about people, you wouldn't have the buzz. i think her name in the pot fuels a lot of this. >> her name in the pot for democrats certainly does. republicans looking for someone else after being out of the white house for quite a while, do i want chris christie, rand paul, ted cruz? it allows people to
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the united states. i think it's -- he could not have picked a more troublesome, out of the mainstream nominee and i'm not alone. "the washington post" in an editorial early this year begged the president not to choose senator hagel as being totally out of the mainstream. >> senator wicker, thank you for your time. i greatly appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> let's bring in nia-malika henderson, jim rootenberg and jack jacobs. jim, i would like to start off with you. you were on yesterday and discussing an article you'd written discussing who's behind the television ads and radio ads who have gone after chuck hagel on israel, on his comments that were seen as anti-gay. the list goes on and on here but we know it's coming from secret donors. this factor in to the questions that we heard today from the senators? >> i don't -- you know, i have to say to me this is the real stuff and these are obviously lawmakers putting the faces on television and asking it so i think you have to look at them as two very sepa
the united states. i think it's -- he could not have picked a more troublesome, out of the mainstream nominee and i'm not alone. "the washington post" in an editorial early this year begged the president not to choose senator hagel as being totally out of the mainstream. >> senator wicker, thank you for your time. i greatly appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> let's bring in nia-malika henderson, jim rootenberg and jack jacobs. jim, i would like to start off with you....
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and we're going to have an opportunity to have votes on those three measures in the united states senate. we'll see if john boehner and the republican leadership is true to their word. if they'll listen to 90% of the american people who believe reducing gun violence is a moral imperative. >> thank you so much for your time. greatly appreciate it. we'll talk with you soon. >>> right now another story we're following. the, a, a attorney general is opening an investigation into a major oil spill in his state. in fact, just weeks before the president will decide on approving a new and much bigger pipeline. on friday, a 65-year-old exxonmobil pipeline ruptured in the small town of mayflower near little rock, arkansas. crews are cleaning up the thousands of barrels of crude that has flooded yards and flowing right down residential streets. people are evacuated from their homes right now. there have been sightings of oil soaked birds in the area. here's the shocking home video from a resident as he drove through his home town. >> so that is a pipeline that is busted and it is flooded the neighb
and we're going to have an opportunity to have votes on those three measures in the united states senate. we'll see if john boehner and the republican leadership is true to their word. if they'll listen to 90% of the american people who believe reducing gun violence is a moral imperative. >> thank you so much for your time. greatly appreciate it. we'll talk with you soon. >>> right now another story we're following. the, a, a attorney general is opening an investigation into a...
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. >> before we go, i do want to ask but the ongoing power struggle between congress and the united states postal service. congress seems poised to try to force the post office to continue saturday mail delivery as part of a government spending bill. the house has passed that bill. the senate is expected to follow suit. perhaps as early as tomorrow. walk us through the thinking here. what is the thinking? >> well, the thinking is that one of the things that attracts people to use in the use postal service is that they have had good service. the concern is if you begin to erode the qual of the service, you will see a downward spiral. they will be able to less to compete as a result of that. what we should do is change some of the requirements we've imposed that aren't imposed on any other entity. public or private entity. for example, we require that they prefund 75 years of their health care. there's no private sector company that is required to do that. and no other part of the u.s. government is doing that. they would actually have been in surplus last year. this is postal service. had i
. >> before we go, i do want to ask but the ongoing power struggle between congress and the united states postal service. congress seems poised to try to force the post office to continue saturday mail delivery as part of a government spending bill. the house has passed that bill. the senate is expected to follow suit. perhaps as early as tomorrow. walk us through the thinking here. what is the thinking? >> well, the thinking is that one of the things that attracts people to use in...
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>> i think they are there to assess the degree to which the united states is involved already. they're involves in transportation. >> very little but strategic? >> anything that can be construed as mali forces. they're helping the french. i think they're there to see what is or what isn't possible and to provide a recommendation back. but i think that they're going in there with a very serious aura of caution. because i really think that people do not want to get involved in, for lack of a better word, another quagmire just as they're exiting two wars. >> to your point, you and i were talking on a commercial break, there is a concern that this is not discussed today and perhaps not today if senator koons had not kraeaddressed this legislat. >> yeah. it's really falling off the mainstream press awareness. when these are actually very huge developments. there has been a power vacuum in northern mali for a while. only with the first push down to the south has it been reignited in western consciousness. but even in the past couple of weeks, this has really fallen off the radar. and
>> i think they are there to assess the degree to which the united states is involved already. they're involves in transportation. >> very little but strategic? >> anything that can be construed as mali forces. they're helping the french. i think they're there to see what is or what isn't possible and to provide a recommendation back. but i think that they're going in there with a very serious aura of caution. because i really think that people do not want to get involved in,...
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the united states senate are part of the most deliberative body in the world. they're supposed to deliberate. that means balancing the state's interest with the national interest. that is what our politicians are supposed to do. and that requires wisdom. it's just a matter of taking a poll in your state, anybody can do that. we're supposed to be electing people who take things to a higher level and sometimes do go against the interest of their constituents if it's truly in their national interest. >> i want to read you part of the nra statement. this amendment would have criminalized certain private transfers of firearms between honest citizens, requiring live long friends, some family members to get federal government permission to exercise a fundamental right or face prosecution. as we have noted previously, expanding background checks at gun shows or elsewhere will not reduce violent crime or keep our kids safe in the schools. what do you say today? >> well, i say that the nra has no money without the gun industry, and congress is in bed with the gun industr
the united states senate are part of the most deliberative body in the world. they're supposed to deliberate. that means balancing the state's interest with the national interest. that is what our politicians are supposed to do. and that requires wisdom. it's just a matter of taking a poll in your state, anybody can do that. we're supposed to be electing people who take things to a higher level and sometimes do go against the interest of their constituents if it's truly in their national...
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you end up having 101 women, include oos record 20 in the united states senate. you also have 43 african-americans, 31 latinos, 12 asian-americans and seven from the lgbt community. so a tremendous amount of diversity, kind of when you almost look back when this country and the government was actually founded of all white males and things have certainly changed in your u.s. congress. >> you know, i have to look at the woman factor. how does that affect how decisions are going to be made by this new congress? i mean, some will expect it to be more productive in the 112th congress, which set that new record low for achievement. >> i think it really does affect things. of course, it's worth noting that the 2012 elections were fought in large part over women's issues. now, as i just mentioned earlier there are a record 20 women who are going to be serving in the u.s. senate. of course it is worth noting that that's just one in five u.s. senators are women when more than half of all women were the voters in the 2012 election. so, there's a lot of female political stra
you end up having 101 women, include oos record 20 in the united states senate. you also have 43 african-americans, 31 latinos, 12 asian-americans and seven from the lgbt community. so a tremendous amount of diversity, kind of when you almost look back when this country and the government was actually founded of all white males and things have certainly changed in your u.s. congress. >> you know, i have to look at the woman factor. how does that affect how decisions are going to be made...
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but there are folks in this new media age where you can become a united states senator and become known overnight and certainly the last 24 hours have allowed ted cruz to become a household name, at least those of us who talk about politics constantly. >> in past ted cruz, the government shutdown or potential government shutdown even ted cruz -- almost said tom cruise -- in reality, people don't seem to care much about a men in i think he said cheap shoes or something. they do care about a government shutdown. does it appear dire that this is where we are heading? >> you know, i think that on the one hand we've been down this path before and these type of government shutdowns had been averted but we're starting to run out of time. the next big vote that occurs in the united states senate after today's vote will be to cut off all debate. that will take place on friday. and folks are saying that it's likely the senate doesn't get the legislation back to the house of representativeses until send. then you have 24 hours until the october 1st deadline. time is of the essence. if republicans
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states senate. sometimes when people want quick action now, those people were disappointed but if you believe in evolutional or gradual change as president obama sometimes does, you would end up taking that half or a third of a loaf. >> okay. so progressives, though, certainly have not had a good time hearing about this and specifically coming out and being very stern in reaction to harry reid. take a listen to rachel maddow. >> wow, harry reid, yeah. this is the day everybody was looking forward to in terms of changing how the senate operate and if you hear sad trombones, that's why. after the months, years of promises this time he was going to do it. but hey. at least we'll be able to see them get nothing done faster now. >> all right. so i had a chance to talk with ed schultz in hi hour disappointed saying if it's up to mitch mcconnell he would have done this in a hot minute and left harry reid in the dust to make it happen. >> that's the argument of progressives. the counter argument is not just
states senate. sometimes when people want quick action now, those people were disappointed but if you believe in evolutional or gradual change as president obama sometimes does, you would end up taking that half or a third of a loaf. >> okay. so progressives, though, certainly have not had a good time hearing about this and specifically coming out and being very stern in reaction to harry reid. take a listen to rachel maddow. >> wow, harry reid, yeah. this is the day everybody was...
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however i've thoughtfully and prayerfully concluded that i won't run for the united states senator at this time. our first read team notes that hopes are turning to allison grimes. we're not so sure that she or any other democrat will have a better chance at defeating o'connell, despite his underwhelming poll numbers. senior political editor mark murray, let's start with ashley judd. you have some conservative groups who are attacking her even before she announced that she wouldn't run. there seemed to be at least a threat that they anticipated what happened here. >> they did. and there were ads when videos, a lot of negative hits on her. that's not unusual in politics. for people weighing a potential race, particularly somebody who has a celebrity status that ashley judd has, that was no surprise at all. but as mentioned, kentucky is going to be a difficult state for any democratic candidate. whether it is ashley judd, allison grimes, someone else. mitt romney after all ended up getting 60% of the vote in kentucky in 2012. and remember, that was a democratic leaning year. of course,
however i've thoughtfully and prayerfully concluded that i won't run for the united states senator at this time. our first read team notes that hopes are turning to allison grimes. we're not so sure that she or any other democrat will have a better chance at defeating o'connell, despite his underwhelming poll numbers. senior political editor mark murray, let's start with ashley judd. you have some conservative groups who are attacking her even before she announced that she wouldn't run. there...
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there's a cloture vote scheduled in the united states senate, that's a procedural vote of which they now have 60 saying they move it forward and final vote sometime this week. however, after this announcement came out from mr. heller that this would go to cloture this evening. john boehner releasing a statement that throws a wet blanket on this enthusiasm on a lot of folks supporting enda have, saying the house will not move on this. they view it as something that would allow for frivolous lawsuits that would hurt small business. they've said a this a lot, that house republicans are saying, there is not anything new. we oppose this legislation, not based on the actual people that will be affected, but because what it could do it to business. specifically those involved in religious community that oppose gay marriage and gay rights, also as hertage action that very strong outside conservative group which said they would score the vote if you voted for enda, you would be infringing on the individual liberties of businesses to carry out how they want to carry out their practices. this i
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states senate, who worked in world war ii as a member of the armed forces and he got a lot done. people in both parties respect that. walked through some of his accomplishments, was at the forefront of a lot of critical fights on issues that often touched on consumer matters and things that mattered in people's everyday lives. he had a lot of respect for that. he left the senate voluntarily and then came back at a time when his party needed him to step in. and he won the seat back. and that is one of the things that democrats certainly appreciate in frank lautenberg. and today we saw that at his office there is a condolence book that has been placed outside for people to stop and pay their tributes in these early hours. many members of the senate are coming back. we will be looking for one of the traditions of the senate, which is taking the desk that belonged to senator lautenberg and draping it with black crepe, a sign of respect and honor, it happens when a sitting member of the senate passes away, one of the somber moments we will look for today as people begin to make statem
states senate, who worked in world war ii as a member of the armed forces and he got a lot done. people in both parties respect that. walked through some of his accomplishments, was at the forefront of a lot of critical fights on issues that often touched on consumer matters and things that mattered in people's everyday lives. he had a lot of respect for that. he left the senate voluntarily and then came back at a time when his party needed him to step in. and he won the seat back. and that is...
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states senate actually make common cause with people on the left on these issues. one of the other fascinating dimensions of this is does this tend to break down, at least in some fashion, like the drone issue, the intense hyperpartisanship of the last few years where you might have some newçóñr coalitions it on national security policy, which would be very, very interesting. >> how much does that weigh -- i guess i should say how much of snowden's background and who he is, perhaps, could that play a role in how long this stays in the immediate why? you bring up the drone issue. people were on the side of the administration. they felt that it kept us safe. if, for example, snowden is the truth teller, might more people get behind him in a way that bradley manning saw support but from a very small niche group of people watching the news. >> i think there might be a few more in this case. i wouldn't say it's going to be a majority. you know, the difference between the drone attacks and this is that people feel that whether they're right or not, it's an invasion of
states senate actually make common cause with people on the left on these issues. one of the other fascinating dimensions of this is does this tend to break down, at least in some fashion, like the drone issue, the intense hyperpartisanship of the last few years where you might have some newçóñr coalitions it on national security policy, which would be very, very interesting. >> how much does that weigh -- i guess i should say how much of snowden's background and who he is, perhaps,...
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states senate. before then, tempers were really flaring at that hearing, jeff sessions, another opponent of immigration reform by that so scald bipartisan gang of 8. grassley is right about one thing. he is not the one who said there should be a delay as a result of what happened in boston but others have said that. dan coates, a republican from indiana on the sunday shows yesterday on one of them saying it should be a delay for months while we look at this. rand paul, obviously a very influential voice amongert semifinals here in the senate saying before we move forward on immigration reform, we need to understand the specific failures of our current immigration system that led to these two and their families being granted asylum. the country has seen so many strife and activism. the white house for its part is defending the immigration reform efforts that it needs to go forward. doing so will help us become a more secure nation. make it less likely the boston incidents, the boston attacks could ha
states senate. before then, tempers were really flaring at that hearing, jeff sessions, another opponent of immigration reform by that so scald bipartisan gang of 8. grassley is right about one thing. he is not the one who said there should be a delay as a result of what happened in boston but others have said that. dan coates, a republican from indiana on the sunday shows yesterday on one of them saying it should be a delay for months while we look at this. rand paul, obviously a very...
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that's our responsibility as members of the united states senate. but i can tell you john brennan has a very distinguished career and service to our country. >> let me read what senator lindsey graham is saying today. he's not forgotten about the benghazi debacle and many questions about what happened and in that regard i do not believe we should confirm anyone as director of the cia until our questions are answered. so like you, senator, senator lindsey graham has questions about brennan's nomination, wants to postpone it until a benghazi hearing. do you agree with that? >> every senator has the right to get the information they need in regards to benghazi. we have had numerous open and closed briefings. i have participated in many of them. gotten a lot of material. i think the white house is very forthcoming in giving us the information in regards to benghazi. i don't know how much more information we could get before we should act on that particular issue. as it relates to the confirmation hearing, every senator will have the opportunity to ask t
that's our responsibility as members of the united states senate. but i can tell you john brennan has a very distinguished career and service to our country. >> let me read what senator lindsey graham is saying today. he's not forgotten about the benghazi debacle and many questions about what happened and in that regard i do not believe we should confirm anyone as director of the cia until our questions are answered. so like you, senator, senator lindsey graham has questions about...
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states. i am proud of our internship program and am grateful to the people -- >> senator john kerry saying farewell after 28 years in the senate. naping a laundry list of staffers and thanking them for their work. as we saw with his confirmation hearing, the smooth road. tomorrow can be different. former republican senator chuck hagel's hearing for secretary of defense is another thing. lindsay graham is vowing a process. >> the one thing i'm not going to do is vote on a new secretary of defense until the old secretary of defense, leon panetta who i like very much, testifies about what happened in benghazi. >> attention is on who was financing the fight against hagel's nomination. the "new york times" reports a brand-new conservative group calling itself americans for a strong defense and financed by anonymous donors is running advertise ams and urging them to vote against chuck hagel and freshly minted organization, use your mandate that presents itself as a liberal gay rights group and perf
states. i am proud of our internship program and am grateful to the people -- >> senator john kerry saying farewell after 28 years in the senate. naping a laundry list of staffers and thanking them for their work. as we saw with his confirmation hearing, the smooth road. tomorrow can be different. former republican senator chuck hagel's hearing for secretary of defense is another thing. lindsay graham is vowing a process. >> the one thing i'm not going to do is vote on a new...
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states senate. this is one that honors seniority and tradition and honors procedure and ted cruz has tried to shake everything up and i do think that exchange with harry reid, senate majority leader sparring one of the junior ranking senators in the chamber. >> president obama giving his kickoff speech, if you will on this huge push to educate people on obama care and he will be there with former president bill clinton. >> we've heard remarks from both barack obama, president obama and bill clinton on this subject before. tamron, we're one week away from the exchanges and enrollment in the health care exchanges beginning. time is of tessence. it's to push people and make sure they become insured. that is what will define success in the months ahead for the obama administration and we'll see what he has to say. >> despite the importance of the u.n. speech earlier, you and the team believe this speech coming up in a few hours, this is truly the big one of the day? >> it is central to his domestic lega
states senate. this is one that honors seniority and tradition and honors procedure and ted cruz has tried to shake everything up and i do think that exchange with harry reid, senate majority leader sparring one of the junior ranking senators in the chamber. >> president obama giving his kickoff speech, if you will on this huge push to educate people on obama care and he will be there with former president bill clinton. >> we've heard remarks from both barack obama, president obama...
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. >> he is a determined and effective representative of the united states. has been as a senator, will be as secretary. >> senator kerry did not tangle too much with republicans but ron johnson pressed him on accusations that the administration tried to mislead the american people after the benghazi attack. >> do you agree with that point? are you willing to work with me or basically agree with hillary clinton that, ah, that's kind of yesterday's news and let's move on? >> well, senator, if you're trying to get some daylight between me and secretary clinton, that's not going to happen here today on that score. but i think you're not -- i think you're talking past each other. >> could be. >> i don't think that was the question. i think that if your question is, should the american people get the truth and does it matter? hillary clinton would say, yes. and i say, yes. >> senator kerry would be the first vietnam vet to lead the state department if confirmed and one point kerry had to stop talking while security removed a protester from the room. >> not a threa
. >> he is a determined and effective representative of the united states. has been as a senator, will be as secretary. >> senator kerry did not tangle too much with republicans but ron johnson pressed him on accusations that the administration tried to mislead the american people after the benghazi attack. >> do you agree with that point? are you willing to work with me or basically agree with hillary clinton that, ah, that's kind of yesterday's news and let's move on?...
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if the president of united states wasn't aware and the chairwoman of the intelligence committee in the senate wasn't aware, that does bring up serious oversight issues. >> thank you for your time. we greatly appreciate it. >> coming up, sheila jackson lee will join me live after a federal judge's stunning move to put texas abortion law on hold. now the attorney general in texas has asked a court to immediately reinstate part of that law. plus -- >> we're being told we're getting there. we're going to see some progress soon, but i look around and see no progress. >> heartbreak one year after hurricane sandy, tens and thousands of americans still out of their homes. next, a live report from one of the hardest hit communities. >> the damage just overwhelming, houses shifted and moved and destroyed. >> we're a tough group of people. we will rebuild. we will get better after all of this. [ male announcer ] crabfest ends soon, so hurry in and try three succulent entrées. like our new snow crab and crab butter shrimp, just $14.99. only at red lobster where we sea food differently. [ male ann
if the president of united states wasn't aware and the chairwoman of the intelligence committee in the senate wasn't aware, that does bring up serious oversight issues. >> thank you for your time. we greatly appreciate it. >> coming up, sheila jackson lee will join me live after a federal judge's stunning move to put texas abortion law on hold. now the attorney general in texas has asked a court to immediately reinstate part of that law. plus -- >> we're being told we're...
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i can't attribute to him a senator that promotes amnesty because he wasn't here in the united states congress but i also say to you that although congressman smith is my friend, he is wrong. for the last decade, we have not promoted amnesty. i introduced legislation that talked about legalization and it had to do with paying fines, paying a duty in terms of either service in the military or charitable service. it said get in line and behind all those who had been in line so there were penalties and that's the focus of immigration reform for a decade. but as the president said, we have had nothing but debate and sound bites and no action. now i believe we have an opportunity for action. >> all right. and you believe and despite some members of the house who are republicans who, for example, congressman smith says, he doesn't believe that any proposal will make it through the senate. when you hear those kinds of comments, how do you maintain optimism? >> i guess we'll hear from the president this afternoon and he will probably reinforce access to legalization, access of secure borders
i can't attribute to him a senator that promotes amnesty because he wasn't here in the united states congress but i also say to you that although congressman smith is my friend, he is wrong. for the last decade, we have not promoted amnesty. i introduced legislation that talked about legalization and it had to do with paying fines, paying a duty in terms of either service in the military or charitable service. it said get in line and behind all those who had been in line so there were penalties...
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senator menendez. i know you wrote about that. how does this or at least some of the events we saw this week impact what the president says in the state of the union? >> i think that he's going to touch on all of those issues that have really come to the fore. gun control, of course, will be a big part of the early part of the session and dealt with pretty quickly in the congress before we get in to the summer, midsummer. the big fight will be immigration. the house will sit back and wait for the senate to act on that measure. but overriding all of this is what will happen in march when the automatic spending cuts known as the sequester kicks in and march 27th when if no resolution is reached the partial government shutdown would take place and see the president touch on all of the issues on tuesday and try to drum up some support within congress and get senate democrats on his side to underscore his message through votes on the floor and the coming weeks. >> regarding the cuts, the white house already again teeing up some of the
senator menendez. i know you wrote about that. how does this or at least some of the events we saw this week impact what the president says in the state of the union? >> i think that he's going to touch on all of those issues that have really come to the fore. gun control, of course, will be a big part of the early part of the session and dealt with pretty quickly in the congress before we get in to the summer, midsummer. the big fight will be immigration. the house will sit back and wait...
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states. yet, we have something that has become quite rare, this bipartisan group of senators who are close -- appear to be close to finalizing possible sanctions that could be attached as an amendment to the defense authorization bill. is there a chance we might -- see some sort of 11th hour compromise between the administration and this bipartisan group? >> well, i served in the senate for several years and the appetite in congress to do something to show that it is really involved and certainly there's a possibility that congress will attach some language but it has to be very careful. the administration is very active right now with congress in explaining this is a delicate moment. if the united states is seen as the rekals trant party and party that violates what is written on paper in the four-page agreement, where it says no new sanctions, if united states has seen as violating that part of the agreement and undermining these negotiations, it could unravel the broader sanctions we have
states. yet, we have something that has become quite rare, this bipartisan group of senators who are close -- appear to be close to finalizing possible sanctions that could be attached as an amendment to the defense authorization bill. is there a chance we might -- see some sort of 11th hour compromise between the administration and this bipartisan group? >> well, i served in the senate for several years and the appetite in congress to do something to show that it is really involved and...